I don’t own a car, yet I have a strange desire to read Dan Neil's car column each weekend in The Wall St. Journal. Why would someone who doesn’t own a car, won’t be buying one soon, and hasn’t owned one in 25 years read a car column? It's a mix of enjoying the design and technology of automobiles, wanting to know what Dwayne Johnson may be buying next, loving Dan’s witty writing style, and, confession, simply being 13-years old at heart. Cars are ...
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I met Georgi, who runs this mobile sewing shop, while walking down the Bowery yesterday. I shared with her the story of Ronni Solbert, a neighbor who illustrated a childrens book about peddlers like her, and praised her for being an indie business—with a creative delivery approach. Georgi said her cart had previously been a coffee cart and was repurposed during the pandemic when people wanted to get their clothes hemmed in airy locals.
Read our post about pushcart peddlers ...
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Do you love a great deal on a t-shirt or TV? Sure, we all do. Yet, sometimes when we shop, the lower the price we pay, the less we pay: people. People that make the goods (factory workers) and people that sell the goods (aka indie store owners) are the victims in the discount-pricing rush.
Today’s Times shares that making a bathing suit in Sir Lanka costs about $4 per unit while in Portugal it may cost $16. In NYC, the minimum wage is $15/hour—making production in NYC ...
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Gift the natural-wine enthusiast with this creative wine coaster offering a decorative organic finish for their finest bottle of wine. Eternally stylish and naturally handcrafted from 100% sustainably harvested vines. These earthy colors have a rustic realness, evoking a woody character and savory finish.
In the past, we’ve used spin classes and gyms as inspiration for Bridge. We see them as metaphors for helping retail business owners. The founders of SoulCycle, Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice, must have been eavesdropping on us: they are expanding their spinning approach to another sphere. The Times reports they have started Peoplehood, a business that seeks to help people via self-help (group-help?) sessions. It’s SoulCycle for the soul&...
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Moms deserve to feel pampered this coming Mother's Day, and taking over the cooking for her will certainly do it. Mother`s Day brunch is easy to prepare like this burrito casserole best served in a 2Qt Pyrex glass baking dish matched in style with Calaisio`s heat resistant serving tray. This creative serving dish will add an extra-special touch to your meal. Also available in 3QT & 4Qt.
George Lois, the famous advertising maven, writes in Damn Good Advice that he doesn’t create an advertising campaign as much as he discovers one. He pulls it out of the air and captures it. He shares that Michelangelo said that a sculpture is imprisoned in a block of marble, and only a great sculpture can free it.
I view Bridge in a similar way. We’re not creating the software—we’re discovering it. Our methods for operating an online store were bound to...
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While I was down in Dallas evangelizing about Bridge, the Dallas Market Center’s software provider and sister company (called MarketTime) invited me to their offices for a meeting. The goal of the meeting was to explore teaming up to help brands and retailers speed products to market, as well as get a leg up on the competition.
The Dallas Mart consists of two primary buildings, each with atriums and many floors each. I like the Dallas show because of the abundance of ...
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Last February e-commerce company Shopify Inc. replaced the “Ottawa, Canada” dateline that began its press releases and earnings reports with a strange new one: “Internet, Everywhere.” The geographical shift came at the insistence of Shopify’s founder and chief executive officer, Tobi Lütke, who tends to view such matters through the prism of cold, hard logic. In May 2020, only a few months into the pandemic, he’d made the early, seemingly rash decision to...
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Nice to see Daniel Silva from Vista Alegre. Daniel took time to show me why Vista Alegre is the “top banana” of Portuguese tableware. Vista Alegre commissioned 46 illustrators to design espresso cups based on a story. The pieces are very creative.
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Crocheted by hand by craftswomen in a Malagasy women’s cooperative in Madagascar, this Baobob collection will enchant your interiors with an air of vacation. Natural leaf motifs are embroidered with colored raffia threads, derived from the native Raffia tree. This 6th edition marks a creative turning point with a new technique using a figurative drawing embroidered on raffia. Ravinstara, introduced in Madagascar in the ...
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“As a female designer, I am inspired by craft traditions of women from around the world,” said Beatriz Ball, her company’s Founder and Creative Director. “This new collection honors the remarkably intricately woven baskets of Africa, rendered in sand-cast metal with beautiful finishes. Versatile on the table, these bowls are amazing when grouped together as wall hangings.”
Beatriz Ball extends the innovative SIERRA MODERN Collection--featuring iconic designs in ...
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This week, Amazon launched its online pharmacy targeting the 3.8 billion prescriptions filled in the U.S. each year. Shares of major pharmacy chains dropped about 10% on the news. Amazon honed this weapon in its Seattle lab and is eagerly unleashing it on retail chains and mom-and-pop pharmacies.
Something struck me while reading this news: Does Amazon remind you of Covid-19? The similarities:
Amazons kills many businesses in industries it touches. Pharmacies are now worried
Creative ways to serve Entree: Burger and Fries.
Always a good time for burgers.
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October 10, 2019
October 10, 2019
Make the Table Your Canvas How to Decorate a Dinner Table Like a Professional ~ Read this story from the NY Times
By Aimee Farrell In our modern age, when meals are often shared not only with our immediate guests but with a whole cohort of friends on Instagram, dressing the dinner table has become a ritual that invites both artistic flourish and forensic precision. To simplify the process, T asked a host of creative types — from a husband-and-wife design duo to an artist and a team of florists — to...
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